IOC's Bach pleads for 'patience' amid Olympic cancellation report

Chief rejects speculation, as organizers prepare playbook of COVID safeguards

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Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, hosts the first Executive Board meeting for 2021 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 27. © IOC via Reuters

FRANCESCA REGALADO and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday sought to tamp down speculation about the Tokyo Summer Games amid reports that cancellation is on the table as COVID-19 infections climb in Japan.

IOC President Thomas Bach said the Switzerland-based body instead was concentrating on how the games can be staged this July.

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